Drug Charges Reported

DANIA — Three men were charged with trying to buy 2 kilograms of cocaine from undercover detectives Thursday night after they agreed to pay $50,000 for the drug, the Broward Sheriff`s Office reported.

Amillo Nasso, 37, of Dania; Jean Yves Lapierre, 26, of Montreal and Lawrence Hoffman, 21, no known address, were arrested at 7 p.m. at Nasso`s home in the 200 block of Northeast Second Court, sheriff`s spokesman Matt Weissing said.

The men were under investigation by Metro-Dade police, who contacted the Broward Sheriff`s Office when the transaction was set up in Broward County.

The men were charged with trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine.